Sunday, November 9, 2025
News update
- Sikaiana Islanders Face Rising Seas and Uncertain Future |
- BD Election Commission to begin political dialogue this week |
- Climate summit hears countries suffering from global warming |
- How to Visit Saint Martin’s Island in This Tourist Season 2025-26 |
- Khulna-Mongla dream rail line struggles for freight flow |
25 killed in Afg landslide caused by snow: disaster ministry
GreenWatch Desk
Disasters
2024-02-19, 3:30pm
(BSS) - A landslide caused by heavy snowfall has killed 25 people and injured eight others in the eastern Afghan province of Nuristan, a disaster management ministry spokesman said Monday, raising an earlier toll.
"As a result of the landslide, some 25 people have been killed and eight injured," Janan Sayeq said in a video clip shared with media, adding to AFP that the death toll could rise.